How good are TP-Link router?

Jargan · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:23

I have this belkin router and well... its a £50 paper weight.

Looking into getting a new one with a lot of features and a friend recommended TP-Link.

I need to be able to port forward for games and bandwidth controll so i get no lagg..

Most TP-Link router seem to have this...

But why are they soo cheap?? If they are as good as some reviews say how come the prices are so low?

Confused....

Duke · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:16

Belkin are cheap/budget aimed. TP-Link are below that imo. You get what you pay for.

I would suggest Netgear, Dlink or Linksys.

Jargan · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:21

I will have a look into which model of the 3 brands will best suit me. Thanks for the reply duke

Si105 · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:54

If you want the best gaming experience you'd be better off without wifi?

esK` · 22 Feb 2011 at 20:48

I've used some of the TP-Link equipment and I've yet to have any problems with them. A few of my clients have brought their own from competitors in town and I've gone and set them up as they couldnt figure them out. Once they are set up they are quite reliable it seems.

Jargan · 22 Feb 2011 at 20:56

Si105 said:
If you want the best gaming experience you'd be better off without wifi?

Yes but my pc is connected via a cable but there are other users in the house who need WiFi

Jargan · 22 Feb 2011 at 20:57

Ive been looking at the Netgear DGN2000 router... seems to be ok for the price

Dave85 · 22 Feb 2011 at 21:35

From personal uses I wouldnt touch a netgear. Cisco and Draytek are the best followed by some of the higher end dlinks.

Jargan · 22 Feb 2011 at 21:59

i was looking at the draytek vigor 2710N a while back. Are they really worth the money?

m4rkw7 · 22 Feb 2011 at 22:17

If you're looking for a new advanced router I'd go with something that either support by Tomato (The Linksys WRT54G range) or supported by DD-WRT (More devices). I personally use Tomato, but DD-WRT is a lot more enterprise level advanced.

Si105 · 22 Feb 2011 at 22:25

Ok well then i'd definitely stay away from belkin, had 2 of their crappy things die on me. A d-link router also died. Best one so far has to be the netgear I have, so i'd recommend a netgear router.

Duke · 22 Feb 2011 at 23:03

Spooner God said:
i was looking at the draytek vigor 2710N a while back. Are they really worth the money?

Draytek are a step above the three I mentioned above are more typically used in small business (not necessarily the models you're looking at but they know what they are doing).

Dave85 · 23 Feb 2011 at 00:08

Had a vigor 2900 that was up for over a year without dropping thats how much I want a dlink again. Port throttling was amazing